2005-12-29

[en] Free software & copyrights

Quiz: read this page and try to find all errors.
http://www.webzcan.com/Vulns/WZV11834.html

Hint: source routed packets are an old obsession: I wrote that Nessus script in 2003.

Solution:
  1. My name does not appear anywhere on this page.
  2. "Nessus" does not appear anywhere on this page.
  3. As this is an English text, it is not regulated by software licence but by common copyright.
This is just an example: many companies do this, and nobody cares. But when Renaud tries to protect his intellectual property by closing the source code, everybody whines.

We definitely need something stronger than GPL. And maybe a couple of trials...

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